²³ They will have no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth^(A) in the year of their punishment.’

¹⁵ Then Johanan son of Kareah suggested to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah, ‘Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah. No one will know it. Why should he kill you and allow all of Judah that has gathered around you to scatter and the remnant of Judah to perish? ’^(A)

The People’s Stubborn Response

¹⁵ However, all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women standing by – a great assembly – and all the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros answered Jeremiah,

¹⁴ should we break your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit these detestable practices?^(A) Wouldn’t you become so angry with us that you would destroy us, leaving neither remnant nor survivor?^(B)